Endorse the 2019-2020 Homes for All Legislative Agenda!

2019-2020 Homes for All Endorsement

Endorsing Process

By endorsing the 2019-2020 legislative agenda of Homes for All, you're joining a statewide coalition that's working to ensure housing stability for all Minnesotans. When you endorse the agenda, you'll receive consistent email updates from the coalition and get opportunities to power the campaign forward. The Homes for All website is www.homesforallmn.org

If you endorsed Homes for All in the past, you’ll be automatically signed on to the campaign. Let us know if you need to opt-out and we’ll remove your organization from the list of endorsers. You can check here if your organization is a public endorser.

If your organization has not formally endorsed Homes for All, please sign on by filling out the survey below.

The dollar amounts are flexible in order to adapt to budget forecasts and lawmaker priorities.

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) Request:

Challenge Program - $15M biennium base increase: A flexible tool used for the development and preservation of multi and single family housing statewide

Local Housing Trust Fund - $10M one-time funding request: State match to incentivize local communities to support development and preservation of affordable housing

Homework Starts with Home - $8M per biennium and add to the base: Supports collaborative efforts between schools, housing organizations, and local governments to identify, engage, and stabilize students experiencing homelessness and their families

Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) - $4M biennium base increase: Rental Assistance funding to serve adults, youth and children at risk of experiencing homelessness.

Tax Credit Contribution Fund - $50M annually: Create a fund where in exchange for contributions to affordable housing projects, contributors can support local projects and receive a dollar for dollar credit on their state tax liability

Restore Renter’s Credit for Resident Owned Manufactured Housing Parks - $180K per biennium: Taxpayers living in resident-owned manufactured housing cooperatives will be able to claim property taxes on the land their home is on

Longer Minimum Affordability Terms: Require affordable housing development or preservation projects that receive a financial and/or tax credit award from MHFA to maintain affordability for a minimum of 30 years

Manufactured Housing Right of First Refusal: Allow residents of manufactured home parks to the opportunity to match the developers' price when a sale of an MH is taking place and require park owners to engage in fair purchasing agreement with residents or nonprofits interested in purchasing the park

Tax Exempt Bond Reinstate Cost Oversight Language and Include Five Consensus Items: Repeal the changes to the TEB allocations passed in 2018 and replace it with the five consensus agreements support by H4A in 2018

Pay or Quit Eviction Protection: Require landlords to provide a notice in advance of filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent

Bonding Request: $300 million

General Obligation Bonds (GO) - $100M biennium request: To support public housing rehabilitation

Housing Infrastructure Bonds (HIB) - $200M biennium request: Preservation of federally subsidized rental housing, construction of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and for Community Land Trust land acquisitions for single family home ownership

In addition to the 2019-2020 Homes for All Legislative Agenda, Homes for All is in support of:

Minnesota Family Investment Program Increase: seeks a $200 per month increase to MFIP cash assistance

General Assistance Cost of Living Adjustment: attach a cost of living adjustment to GA